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...relevant aspects of academic freedom...is that within their area of professional expertise, instructors exercise full discretion over the content of lectures and the conduct of classroom discussion," the statement reads. "This implies that the deans and other members of a Faculty are not empowered to take actions that qualify or abridge the freedom of faculty members to teach their courses...
...Adam A. Sabra '90, president of the Society of Arab Students, called a portion of the posters' content "almost racist...
...relevant aspect of academic freedom, a principle that affects both the substance of, and the process for, resolving disputes over classroom material is that within their area of professional expertise, instructors exercise full discretion over the content of lectures and the conduct of classroom discussion. This implies that deans and other members of Faculty are not empowered to take actions that quality or abridge the freedom of faculty members to teach their courses. The classroom is also a place for open discussion and reasoned debate of views, opinions and arguments, including those that are controversial. As participants in the classroom...
Clearly, there may be cases in which sharp disagreements persist, and discussion of them may occassionally move into a more public arena. As members of a Faculty with a commitment to free and open debate and an unabridged right to determine the content of our courses, we should be prepared to defend our views. Students also have a right to disagree both within and outside the classroom. The University cannot prevent all of the conflicts that a commitment to free enquiry may provoke. But in this case it continues to be my hope that our students' concerns will be discussed...
...education officials say the debate over education traditionally helped Democrats because it centered around expanding educational opportunity for all students and on levels of federal financial assistance necessary to do so. However, rising college costs and recent sweeping attacks from such critics as Allan Bloom on the quality and content of college teaching have refocused the debate more along lines that Republicans prefer, on issues such as quality and "accountability...